Cabinet and the like



Aug. 9, 1938. J. L.. PALLEY ET AL 2,126,135

CABINET AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 27, 1937 26 TZ? Z5 'l l g Z- Il l 22T 2 .O /T 261 Ihr; Z@ 1 f J0 ZZ i 16 27 g: :5f wf /Z Z' I Z2 Patented Aug. 9, 1938 UNITEDSTATES CABINET AND THEl LIKE James Lewis Palley andEdward Werner,'1itI;s-`V burgh, Pa., assignors to Palley Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application January 27, 1937, Serial No. 122,586

"2 claims.

Our invention consists of certain new and useful improvements in knock-down cabinets and the like wherein the body of the container is formed of a single piece of relatively light and inexpensive material, such as corrugated cardboard, folded angularly to provide a plurality of longitudinal walls 4and one or more iiaps or door portions for closing the remaining wall space, and the ends or heads of which are formed of rigid material to which the ends of the body walls are arranged to be secured.

Among the characteristic features of novelty in our invention are the following.

The heads are arranged to be inset into the en-ds of the body and are provided with trough flanges into which the ends of the body are stepped and in which they may be secured as by means of spurs cut from the material of the heads and driven into the material of the body.

At the open side of the body the trough flanges are omitted and horizontal flanges substituted which form the sill and lintel of the doorway.

We prefer to provide two closures or doors for the opening, which are folded continuations of the opposite wall portions of the body, the inner door being short enough to close easily t between the sill .and lintel flanges while the outer door is provided with metal reenforcement along its end edges and its outer or free edge so that it will spring closed between the said flanges and thus form a sealed engagement.

The free edge of the door is provided with fasteners which engage metal surfaces or abutments on the body adjacent the door opening, such fasteners being preferably arranged to resiliently engage the abutment to spring-lock the closed doors.

Feet are provided to raise the base of the cabinet above the floor or other surface upon which it rests, such feet preferably being formed by pressing out portions of the bottom head.

Other novel and advantageous features of construction, and of arrangement of parts will appear from the following description.

In the accompanying drawing wherein we have illustrated a practical embodiment of the principles of our invention:-

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet with the doors closed.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is .an enlarged fragmentary section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1 showing more clearly some of the details of the structure.

(Cl. S12-189) Fig. 4 is a broken vertical section taken on the line 4 4 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a like section taken along the line 5--5 in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing, the body of the cabinet comprising the rear wall Il), the two side walls II and I2 and the two doors I3 and I4 are formed integrally by folding up a single piece or sheet of light weight material, such as corrugated cardboard or other relatively inexpensive stuff.

The ends, in the drawing the top end I5 and bottom end I6, of the cabinet are heads formed of rigid material preferably sheet metal and when in position are inset on the ends 0f the body.

The lateral edges of the heads I5 and I6 are provided with an integral and continuous flange I'I disposed at right angles to the heads and which in the case of the top head I5 extends upwardly and in the case of the bottom head extends downwardly, thus bracing the walls Ill, II and I2 from within and forming Vertical facings against which the `inner door I3 closes. Along the three sides of the heads the free ends of the flanges I'I are provided with outwardly and upwardly turned lips forming the troughs I8 into which the'ends of the walls IIJ, II and I2 are stepped and wherein they may be secured by driving into the material of the walls the sharp spur ends of the tongues I9 which are partially cut from the material of the flanges.

It will be noted that the side walls of the cabinet are supported and braced from within by the head-flanges I1 which for their full width are in surface contact with said walls.

At the front or door opening the troughs I8 are omitted and the material of the flangesv I'I is bent outwardly and cut to form the lintel 20 at the top of the door opening and the Sill 2l at the bottom thereof. In forming the flanges 20 and 2| the material is doubled back on itself and welded to the face of the flange I'I as shown in Fig. 4.

The inner door I3 is short enough to close easily between the lintel and sill, while the outer door Ill is metal bound or reenforced along its top and bottom edges and also along its free vertical edge, as at 22. This reenforcement is preferably formed by doubling over a strip of sheet metal an-d clamping the edge portions of the door between the same, one side of the strip being provided with an inturned edge 23 which bites into thelmaterial of the door.

It will further be noted that the inner door siliently clasping the outer door I4 against tlrfej inner door I3 and the latter against the adjacen flanges I1 of the topand bottom heads; To hold the doors snugly closed against accidental opening we provide fastening means; pref'- erably of a resilient character. Thus we show the angular spring metal latches 24 secured as by rivets to the outer face of the door` vI4 and overhanging its free edge so as to snap into engagement over the abutments or ribs 25 on thelplates 26 secured on the outer face of the wall II.

' For conveniencewe provide the outer door with a suitable handle, such vas shown at 2'I.

' To elevate the cabinet above the floor or other surface upon which it-rests We provide suitable feet. Thus at 28 the metal is shown pressed downwardly to form such feet.

kIt is apparent that our improved cabinet mayl be shipped andY stored in knocked down condition,

the heads being separate and the body and doorsV flattened out. When the cabinet isv to be used the body isl folded into proper form and the heads applied and fastened thereto, and the cabinet is thus ready for use. No tools are required to erect it. If desired Yto knock down the erected cabinet, all that is necessary is tospring the tongues I9 out of engagement with the body material, whereuponthe heads may bedisengaged from the body and the latter flattened.

Our improved cabinet, although formed principally of light inexpensive material, such yas corrugated cardboard, when erected is strong and durable, owing to the reenforcing effect of the inset heads I5 and I6.and their anges I1. At the doorway the flanges I'I form abutments against which the doors shut and the arrangement of overhanging lintel and fsill between which the outer door is forced in shutting, providesV a snug sealing closure for the cabinet.

It should be notedV that the inner door I 3 which is of plain corrugated cardboard abuts against the metal anges II of both heads, and the outer door I4 is reenforced along its top and bottom edges as shown at 22. Since the two doors are hinged on opposite sides they properly seal one another along their vertical edges and to seal the top and bottom portions of the door it is desirable'to compress these edges of the inner corrugated cardboard' door between two pieces of metal, the flanges I'I and the strips 22, and thus 'produce a dust-proof seal.

Although primarily intended for use as a cabinet, it'is obvious that the invention may be 'embodied' as a valise or other article for the carrying'and transportation of clothes and other inet as used herein shall be so interrupted as to Vinclude such and analogous uses.

We claim:-

1;' In" a cabinet and the like, the combination of metal lintel and sill door stops, an inner door of relatively compressible material hinged at one side of said cabinet .and arranged to close against said door stops,ran outer door hinged at the other side of the cabinet and arranged to close against theinner door, metal surfaces on the outer door alongthe marginal edges thereof arranged to compress the innerV door against said door stops to seal the same when the doors are closed, and means for retaining the outer door in its closed position and for compressing the inner door betweensaid metal surfaces and said door stops.

V2. In a double-door paper cabinet, the combination of metal ends providing lintel and sill door stops, flanges forming a lintel and va. sill extending outwardly from said door stops, an inner door of compressible material hinged at one side of the cabinet and arranged to close against said stops, an outer door hinged at the other side of the cabinet and arranged to close against the inner door, and a metal trim on the outer door opposite the linteland sill door stops arranged to compress the inner door between said metal surfaces to seal the same when the doors are closed, said flanges being inclined towards one Yanother toV coact with the metal trim of the outer door to maintain the doors in their closed position.

JAMES. LEWIS slimy. n'

EDWARD WERNER.

A CERTIFICATE 0E CORRECTION. Patent-Nb. 2,126,155. August 9, 1958.

JAMES IExfJIs'v PALLEY, ET AI..

It is hereby certified that error appears, in the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: In the grant and in the heading tothe `printed epecificatio'n, the residence of' the second named inventor, Edward Werner, was. erroneouslyfwrittena'nd printedas "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" whereas said residence should have been written and printed as Bellevue,

Pennsylvania, as shown by the records of' this office; and thaty the said LettersfPatent' should'be read with this correction therein that the same may conform :to the record- 'of the Vcase in the Patent Office. Signed and sealed this Z'Ythday of September, A. D. 1958.

`Henry Van Arsdale (Seal) Acting `Commisrsioner of Patents. 

